Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-04
18th Congress---Second Session.
WASHINGTON. March .

|
 SENATE-A message from the House an. | nouncing non-concurrence in the Senate amendments to the naval appropriation bill, | was presented and conference was ordered. | Mess1s. Hale, Allison and Beck were ap- I pointed confeIees.
 At few minutes before eleven o'clock the l Senate closed the legislative day of Wednes- 1 day by adjournment, and at eleven opened | the last legislative day of the Forty ninth Congress, when prayer was offered by the | chaplain.
 1 Mir. Cockrell's resolution was agreed to providing for the appointment of a commit tee to examine into the business methods of the cause of the delaying the transaction of public business and in regard to the necassi- ty for public buildings. The conference report on the civil sundry bill was agreed to.
 The conference report upon Senate bills authorizing the treasurer of the United States to credit the District of Columbia with cer- tain monies in lieu of investigating the same was agreed to. The conference report upon the bill granting a pension 10 Mrs. Elmira Amblsr submitted and agreed to. The vetoed bills for public buildings at Dayton, O., Sioux City, Ia., Lynn, Mass, and La fayette, Ind, were called up and passed over the veto.
 The resolution authorizing the executive departments to loan to the Minneapolis iu- dustrial exhibition certain articles for exhibi- tion was reported back. The chair appointed Senator Frye to i'll the vacancy upon the committee on ordnance and war ships caused by the withdrawal of Senator Sewell.
 Er. Wilson, of Iowa, moved that the House be requested to return House bili re- lating to the jurisdiction of circuit courts of the United States and to regulate the remov- al of causes, stating his purpose to ask recon amendments were adopted and re-passage of the House bill without amendments. The motion was agreed to. MT. Plumb submitted @ conference report upon the postofice appropriation bill, stating that there was disagreement in regard to the subsidy feature.
 On motion of Mr. Edmunds the Senate took a recess from 6 to p. m. At the eve ming session the galleries were packed and the halls end stairs were thronged by great crowd anxious to witness the scenes attend ing the closing hours of Congress. The conference report on the postofhce ap- propriation bill-a disagreement-was taken up. MT. Plumb explained the point of disa- greement to be in regard to the Pacific Mail service. The House oonferees had declined to agree to the Senate proposition. He moved that the Senate insist and ask for further conference. After heated discussion the motion to insist was agreed to. The same conferees-Plum5, Malone and Beck-were appointed.
 MT. Allison, from the appropriations com mittee, reported back the bills appropriating $6, 300, 900 for the payment of Mexican pen sioners and it passed. The House bill relating to 'Freserved" na- tional bank cities was taken from the calen- dar and passed.
 A conference report on the bill to adjust
 railroad land grants heretofore unadjustedwas
 agreed to.
 An Urgency deficiency bill was announe- ed from the House and laid before the Sen
 ate, but MT. Edmunds objected to the sec-
 ond reading. This, if insisted upon, prevents
 consideration of the measure at this session.
 A number of House bills were taken up
 and passed and at 10:30 the deficiency bill
 was taken up.